Interviews
The Skinny discusses new releases and record choices with prominent artists and producers; covering everything from albums and songs to influences and matters of the heart.
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Interviews
Okker: Chords Before Style
Who needs a strategy when you can resign yourself to drinking meths in a ditch? Okker's Scott Wright tells Ewen Millar why five-year plans are overrated Read more »| 26 Jan 2009 -
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Easy Rider: Max Cavalera
Watch it, Europe: all your Yakult and croquettes belong to Max Cavalera. The ex-Sepultura and Soulfly legend dropped us a fax with the rider he needs while h... Read more »| 26 Jan 2009 -
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My Vitriol: Back For Good?
After six years in the wilderness, My Vitriol recently dipped their toe back in the water with a short UK tour at the end of last year. Ryan Drever has a word with a slightly tour-damaged Som Wardner to ask the simple question: Where the hell have they been? Read more »| 14 Jan 2009 -
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The Bronx: Road Warriors
In a manner somewhat suited to his band's style, The Bronx vocalist Matt Caughthran catches up Ryan Drever with on the road to talk records, movies and mariachi bands. Read more »| 08 Jan 2009 -
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Remember Remember: Commit To Memory
Graeme Ronald, lynchpin of modern classical ensemble Remember Remember, gets into a ‘loop’ with Darren Carle to discuss keeping it real in a computer world. Read more »| 08 Jan 2009 -
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Conflict Diamonds: Big In Denmark
Posing as rock stars, ‘gaying’ it up to Queen and cautionary Rohypnol tales? Darren Carle enters the crazy world of Conflict Diamonds. Read more »| 07 Jan 2009
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Vivian Girls: Surf's Up, And There's Reverb In The Waves
To say that Vivian Girls are an overnight sensation is to do them a disservice: an over-year sensation, if you have to. Lauren Mayberry sits down with the ladies to find out how they did it, and what not to mix with your milkshake. Read more »| 07 Jan 2009 -
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The Next Guid Thing in 2009
With the festive season all but a fuzzy memory, The Skinny whips out its crystal ball to predict a batch of acts upon whom to put your house on in 2009... Read more »| 02 Jan 2009 -
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The JD Set Unsigned Initiative
Are you a student, but would rather be in a rock ‘n’ roll band instead of writing boring essays? Do you dream of venues packed with adoring fans ... Read more »| 19 Dec 2008 -
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Always Read the Label: One Little Indian
Spawned in the depression of Thatcherism, One Little Indian has become one of the UK’s finest Indies. Twenty-four years on from the label’s conception, Billy Hamilton finds Digital Manager Tony McColl talking up its continued evolution... Read more »| 15 Dec 2008 -
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Ten Kens For Ten Tracks
Compared with a multitude of indie luminaries, Ten Kens' debut LP was one of 2008's forgotten gems. So, in the middle of a recent UK tour, Billy Hamilton cornered vocalist Dan Workman to find out who this Toronto ensemble really are Read more »| 15 Dec 2008 -
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Lanegan and Campbell Hold The Porch Down
After recording their debut album together whilst hardly seeing each other, Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan finally stepped out together in the truer sense with their latest player, Sunday at Devil Dirt. Jamie Scott finds out how their partnership is developing Read more »| 12 Dec 2008 -
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Pink Eyes: "I Made the D-List!"
As he basks in the glory of having shimmied his way further up the food chain in 2008, guest columnist Pink Eyes from Toronto punkers Fucked Up finds himself dissecting the cult of celebrity. Read more »| 12 Dec 2008 -
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Always Read the Label: Wichita Recordings
If ever there was as an ethical record label, Wichita Recordings is surely its embodiment. Finbarr Bermingham talks measured A&R tactics with Mark Bowen. Read more »| 11 Dec 2008 -
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Malcolm in the Middle
Having called it a day with his former band Arab Strap, Malcolm Middleton is on the verge of doing the same with his solo career. Darren Carle finds out why, as well as getting some sage advice on having a not so ‘merry’ Christmas. Read more »| 01 Dec 2008